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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973

1973, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973 covers 83 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 32.275; 33 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.108. Against 1972, 51 values changed (29 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1973

HighestNigeria

32.275

Lowest33 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 83 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa32.275
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa28.730
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia28.567
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia27.535
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia26.546
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa26.403
ColombiaCOLSouth America25.700
EcuadorECUSouth America24.219
NicaraguaNICCentral America21.083
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa19.502
GuatemalaGTMCentral America19.261
PeruPERSouth America16.454
BoliviaBOLSouth America14.481
KenyaKENEastern Africa14.443
MexicoMEXCentral America14.174
YemenYEMWestern Asia13.950
SudanSDNNorthern Africa13.465
GabonGABMiddle Africa12.619
BrazilBRASouth America11.954
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa11.817
ArgentinaARGSouth America10.767
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia9.875
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa9.759
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe8.983
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia8.711

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nigeria32.275
  2. Côte d’Ivoire28.730
  3. Türkiye28.567
  4. Thailand27.535
  5. Philippines26.546

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000
  2. Kosovoshared0.000
  3. Samoashared0.000
  4. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
  5. Timor-Lesteshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.108. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 51values changed, of 83 in both
  • 29 · 22rose · fell
  • 32unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1973.

  • 51 distinct values among 83

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 33 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 83 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1973). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1973

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973?

Nigeria, at 32.275, of the 83 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973 cover?

83.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1973 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2024.

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